Civil rights historian Bobby Donaldson, Ph.D., who has contributed to several projects and documentaries on the era, will be the keynote speaker for the 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration presented by Aiken Technical College and University of South Carolina Aiken on Sunday, Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. in the USC Aiken Convocation Center.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Celebration committee presents the Human & Civil Rights Student Champion Award to one student from each Aiken Technical College and USC Aiken during its annual event in January.

Nominations are being accepted through November 22 for the 2020 Human & Civil Rights Student Champion Award.

Aiken Technical College’s health sciences division will host its annual Health Fair on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Activities Center gymnasium (900 building). This event is free and open to the public.

Commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2017 will be held Tuesday, May 9 in the Gregg-Graniteville Student Activities Center gymnasium.

Aiken Technical College’s history department will commemorate the 30^th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a guest presentation by Lt. Col. Sascha Blankenburg on Tuesday, Nov. 19 in the College’s amphitheater (700 building).